The list of the best selling albums in Iceland is based on the annual reports of the Iceland Record Producers Association (Félag hljómplötuframleiðenda ). The list only includes sales from 2009 to 2020. In addition, there are some albums certified as gold.
The best-selling album in Iceland from 2009 to 2020 was Dýrð Í Dauðaþögn (Glory in Silence) by Ásgeir Trausti with 40,823 copies sold. For a country with a population of 364,000, this is a huge success. The best-selling album by a foreign artist during this period is Ed Sheeran’s Divide – 4,325 copies.
List of best-selling albums in Iceland (2009 – 2020)
Dýrð Í Dauðaþögn (Glory in Silence)
№ Artist Album Sales Year release
1 ÁSGEIR TRAUSTI DÝRÐ Í DAUÐAÞÖGN/IN THE SILENCE 40,823 2012 2 OF MONSTERS & MEN MY HEAD IS AN ANIMAL 28,587 2011 3 MUGISON HAGLÉL 27,707 2011 4 HELGI BJÖRNSSON ÞÚ KOMST Í HLAÐIÐ 14,009 2010 5 KALEO KALEO 13,181 2013 6 FRIÐRIK ÓMAR & JÓGVAN HANSEN VINALÖG 10,234 2009 7 DIKTA GET IT TOGETHER 9,963 2009 8 RETRO STEFSON RETRO STEFSON 9,888 2012 9 HJÁLMAR IV 9,870 2009 10 PÁLL ÓSKAR PÁLL ÓSKAR & SINFÓ Í HÖRPU 9,186 2011 11 HELGI BJÖRNSSON ÉG VIL FARA UPP Í SVEIT 9,071 2011 12 BAGGALÚTUR NÆSTU JÓL 8,846 2010 13 SKÁLMÖLD SKÁLMÖLD OG SINFÓ 8,810 2013 14 BAGGALÚTUR MAMMA ÞARF AÐ DJAMMA 8,749 2013 15 KALEO A/B 8,559 2016 16 BJORK GLING GLÓ 8,328 1990 17 MEMFISMAFÍAN & SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON NÚ STENDUR MIKIÐ TIL 8,312 2010 18 HOT SPRING SERIES HOT SPRING-ASKJA 8,125 2013 19 ELLY VILHJÁLMS & VILHJÁLMUR VILHJÁLMSSON SYNGJA JÓLALÖG 7,835 2015 20 BUBBI SÖGUR AF ÁST, LANDI OG ÞJÓÐ 7,808 2010 21 HJALTALÍN TERMINAL 7,795 2009 22 JÓIPÉ & KRÓLI GERVIGLINGUR 7,528 2017 23 JÚNÍUS MEYVANT FLOATING HARMONIES 7,441 2016 24 GUS GUS ARABIAN HORSE 7,175 2011 25 THIS IS ICELANDIC INDIE MUSIC SERIES THIS IS ICELANDIC INDIE MUSIC 7,142 2013 26 SIGRÍÐUR THORLACIUS & SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON ÁSAMT SINFÓNÍHLJÓMSVEIT ÍSLAND 6,348 2011 27 HAFDÍS HULD VÖGGUVÍSUR 6,088 2012 28 PÁLL RÓSINKRANZ 25 ÁR 6,030 2014 29 BJÖRGVIN HALLDÓRSSON JÓLAGESTIR BJÖRGVINS Í HÖLLINN 5,846 2008 30 FLONI FLONI 5,803 2017 31 RAGGI BJARNA DÚETTAR 5,773 2013 32 SKÁLMÖLD BÖRN LOKA 5,771 2012 33 HOT SPRING SERIES HOT SPRING 5,752 2010 34 HELGI BJÖRNSSON ÍSLENSKAR DÆGURPERLUR Í HÖRPU 5,734 2011 35 VARIOUS ARTISTS KARDEMOMMUBÆRINN 5,729 1970 36 HOT SPRING SERIES HOT SPRING/LANDMANNALAUGAR 5,723 2012 37 HOT SPRING SERIES HOT SPRING: KERIÐ 5,718 2014 38 PAPAR ÉG VERÐ AÐ DANSA 5,654 2009 39 ED SHEERAN DIVIDE 5,623 2017 40 OF MONSTERS & MEN BENEATH THE SKIN 5,588 2015 41 BUBBI & SÓLSKUGGARNIR ÉG TRÚI Á ÞIG 5,454 2011 42 MUSICAL SÖNGVASEIÐUR (SOUND OF MUSIC) 5,449 2009 43 VARIOUS ARTISTS FYRIR BÖRNIN 5,291 2014 44 FROSTRÓSIR HÁTÍÐIN HEILSAR 5,256 2010 45 JÓIPÉ & KRÓLI AFSAKIÐ HLÉ 5,173 2018 46 VARIOUS ARTISTS SG HLJÓMPLÖTUR 5,172 2014 47 MAMMÚT KOMDU TIL MÍN SVARTA SYSTIR 5,148 2013 48 BJÖRGVIN HALLDÓRSSON DUET II 5,136 2010 49 HELGI BJÖRNSSON HEIM Í HEIÐARDALINN 5,094 2015 50 ELLEN KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR & KK JÓLIN 5,043 2011 51 INGÓ & VEÐURGUÐIRNIR GÓÐAR STUNDIR 5,000 2009 52 BAGGALÚTUR JÓLALAND 4,985 2015 53 MANNAKORN GAMLI GÓÐI VINUR – VINSÆLUSTU LÖGIN 4,970 2010 54 BLAZROCA KÓPACABANA 4,898 2018 55 VARIOUS ARTISTS JÓLADISKUR 4,850 2011 56 SIGRÍÐUR THORLACIUS Á LJÚFLINGSHÓL 4,779 2009 57 VARIOUS ARTISTS GÖMLU DAGANA GEFÐU MÉR 4,726 2015 58 ELLY VILHJÁLMS MINNINGARTÓNLEIKAR 4,719 2012 59 JÓN JÓNSSON WAIT FOR FATE 4,705 2011 60 FRIÐRIK DÓR ALLT SEM ÞÚ ÁTT 4,581 2010 61 LEIKHÓPURINN DÝRIN Í HÁLSASKÓGI DÝRIN Í HÁLSASKÓGI 4,543 1967 62 STEBBI OG EYFI FLEIRI NOTALEGAR ÁBREIÐUR 4,508 2011 63 SIGUR RÓS VALTARI 4,258 2012 64 VARIOUS ARTISTS VEISTU HVER ÉG VAR? 4,257 2011 65 100 SERÍAN SERIES 100 ÍSLENSK Í FERÐALAGIÐ 4,255 2009 66 LAY LOW BROSTINN STRENGUR 4,237 2011 67 BJÖRGVIN HALLDÓRSSON & HJARTAGOSARNIR SÍGRÆNIR SÖNGVAR 4,223 2009 68 MEMFISMAFÍAN & PRÓFESSORINN DISKÓEYJAN 4,192 2010 69 HJALTALÍN ENTER 4 4,173 2012 70 HJÁLMAR ÓRAR 4,124 2011 71 HERRA HNETUSMJÖR KBE KYNNIR: HETJAN ÚR HVERFINU 4,098 2018 72 JÓNSI GO 4,091 2010 73 ELLY VILHJÁLMS HEYR MÍNA BÆN 4,076 2015 74 MOSES HIGHTOWER ÖNNUR MÓSEBÓK 4,072 2012 75 BILLIE EILISH WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? 4,035 2019 76 THE SMURFS (STRUMPARNIR – ICELANS) STRUMPAFJÖR 4,018 2009 77 VALDIMAR UM STUND 4,012 2012 78 HJÁLMAR KEFLAVÍK KINGSTON 4,006 2010 79 HELGI BJÖRNSSON HELGI SYNGUR HAUK 3,989 2013 80 HOT SPRING SERIES HOT SPRING: GUNNUHVER 3,888 2015 81 XXXTENTACION 17 3,878 2017 82 POST MALONE STONEY 3,855 2016 83 JUSTIN BIEBER MY WORLD 2.0 / MY WORLDS 3,840 2010 84 SIGUR RÓS AGAETIS BYRJUN 3,831 1999 85 RAGGI BJARNA KOMDU Í KVÖLD 3,800 2009 86 SIGUR RÓS MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM ENDALAUST 3,794 2008 87 THIS IS ICELANDIC INDIE MUSIC SERIES THIS IS ICELANDIC INDIE MUSIC VOL. 2 3,768 2014 88 PÁLMI GUNNARSSON ÞORPARINN 3,735 2013 89 VARIOUS ARTISTS FYRIR LANDANN 3,710 2014 90 HUGINN EINI STRÁKUR (VOL. 1) 3,679 2018 91 ELLY VILHJÁLMS MINNINGAR: 40 VINSÆL LÖG 3,673 2015 92 LJÓTU HÁLFVITARNIR LJÓTU HÁLFVITARNIR 3,656 2009 93 LEIKHÓPURINN LOTTA GALDRAKARLINN Í OZ 3,653 2008 94 HELGI BJÖRNSSON RÍÐUM SEM FJANDINN 3,652 2008 95 INGIMAR EYDAL ALLT FYRIR ALLA 3,580 2011 96 EMILÍANA TORRINI ME AND ARMINI 3,454 2008 97 RÖKKURRÓ Í ANNAN HEIM 3,426 2010 98 SIGRÍÐUR THORLACIUS JÓLAKVEÐJA 3,391 2013 99 VALDIMAR UNDRALAND 3,378 2010 100 100 SERÍAN SERIES 100 ÍSLENSK LÖG Í FRÍIÐ 3,345 2010
Artist Album Cert. Sales
ABBA Gold — Greatest Hits 1G 5,000 Britney Spears …Baby One More Time 1G 5,000 Britney Spears Oops!…I Did It Again 1G 5,000 Celine Dion Let’s Talk About Love 1G 5,000 Spice Girls Spice 1G 5,000
See also. Best-selling albums by country:
